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Journal Entry:

1. Choose ONE topic from the bulleted list below that you think is especially important. For those topics with multiple choices within the parenthesis that follow it, choose only one from the list within the parenthesis to reflect on and write about.

2. Briefly explain both of the following: 

a) why you think the topic you selected is important and

b) how you have seen this play out in your work life or the work life of someone that you know.

3. Answers are meant to be relatively brief and represent your opinion and experience, so do not require outside resources. 

Consider the following list of topics from this week's assigned textbook chapter(s):

• Knowledge Workers
• Employee Empowerment
• HR Strategies for Cost Control (Downsizing, Reengineering, Outsourcing)
• Change in the Employment Relationship (A Psychological Contract, Declining Union Membership, Flexibility)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (Constitutional Amendments, Legislation such as any of the Civil Rights Acts, Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Vocational Rehabilitation Act, Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act)
• Businesses' Role in Providing for Equal Employment Opportunity (Disparate Treatment and Impact, Providing Reasonable Accommodation, Sexual Harassment
• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)